Federal firearms licensees by state U.S. 2020 | Statista

A total of 10,635 federal firearms licensees were registered in Texas in 2020, the most out of any state. California, Florida, Pennsylvania, and Illinois rounded out the top five states for federal firearms licensees in that year.

Number of federal firearms licensees in the United States in 2020, by state

Characteristic	Number of federal firearms licensees
Texas	10,635
California	8,461
Florida	6,988
Pennsylvania	6,136
Illinois	4,506
Ohio	4,454
North Carolina	4,430
Missouri	4,242
Virginia	3,962
Massachusetts	3,960
Michigan	3,856
New York	3,784
Georgia	3,478
Arizona	3,385
Washington	3,109
Tennessee	3,103
Colorado	2,945
Wisconsin	2,848
Maryland	2,837
Indiana	2,730
Minnesota	2,434
Kentucky	2,225
Oklahoma	2,197
Oregon	2,148
Alabama	2,114
South Carolina	2,102
Iowa	1,994
Louisiana	1,937
Arkansas	1,871
Kansas	1,773
Connecticut	1,743
Idaho	1,506
Montana	1,499
Utah	1,493
Mississippi	1,433
West Virginia	1,347
Nevada	1,318
New Hampshire	1,174
Nebraska	1,098
New Mexico	1,022
Maine	880
Wyoming	878
Alaska	833
South Dakota	758
North Dakota	698
Rhode Island	565
Vermont	548
New Jersey	473
Delaware	316
Hawaii	223
District of Columbia	34
Other Territories	122

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October 2021

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United States

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2020

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Data is based on active firearms licenses and related statistics as of the end of the fiscal year.

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